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last copies!! Autonomia, first released only on CD in 1993, was mostly a solo project of Simon Crab with the aid of Christoph Fringeli of Praxis, recorded after a 2-month tour in the USA and Europe. Typically Bourbonese Qualk, this album delivers the opposite of the listeners’ expectations, breaking the mold set by the two previous albums, My Government is My Soul and Unpop. Autonomia sets out in a completely different direction of harsh electronic ‘no compromise techno’ and has become a classic in the field, making this vinyl release well overdue! Note that the bandcamp player below features the CD version, not the vinyl mastering (but the same tracks in the same order) <iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R1BD6K3sseg" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2265212892/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://praxisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/autonomia-praxis-5-2">Autonomia (Praxis 5) by Bourbonese Qualk</a></iframe>

Datacide SeventeenReleased in November  News & Updates Nemeton: Political NewsChristoph Fringeli: G20 in Hamburg RoundupNeil Transpontine: Lewisham ‘77 – Myth and Anti-Fascist HistoryClive Acid: Dictating Democracy FeaturesJo Burzynska: Memoirs of a Woman of Extreme Pleasures – Cosey Fanni Tutti Book Review and exclusive InterviewHoward Slater: Unparaphraseable Life – Notes on Third CinemaMme Tlank /Clinical Wasteman: Down with Childhood & Adulthood DocumentsBoris Souvarine: Black October (1927)Giovanni Jervis: Psychiatrists and Politics (1967) Book ReviewChristoph Fringeli: Alexander Reid Ross: Against the Fascist Creep ComixSansculotte: Overdosed MusicRecords Reviews by Prole Sector, Nemeton, Christoph Fringeli, Hans-Christian Psaar DJ Charts Visualsa.a.a, dybbuk, Giulia Valenti, lesekill, Matthieu Bourel, Nevre

Sized down 'pocket edition' of Datacide 16.

Scaled down edition! Same contents and layout, but in A5 instead of A4 format

Contents: NEWS & UPDATES The Reverend: Education in England - An Update Marc Hekate: Keith Robinson Desert Storm Obituary Matthew Hyland: Notes from Non-Existence - Brexit vs. The Proletariat FEATURES Alexia Elliott: Poisoned Fruit in the Walled GardenThe Alt RIght: A Growing Problem, But Not a New One MH: Armed Competitiveness - The Working Class Gets Called Up to Fight Itself - Notes on a Recruitment Crisis Howard Slater: ‘Comrade Doctor’ On David Cooper and ‘Anti-Psychiatry’ David Cooper: On Mystification (1978) Strelnikov: Siege MentalityMason, Manson, Moynihan - On the fringes of American Nazism BOOK REVIEWS Neil Transpontine: Angry White People: Coming Face-to-Face with the British Far Right by Hsiao-Hung Pai  Howard Slater: Demented Idioms - Schizo Culture, Event & Book Matthew Hyland: Eat Like an Idealist! The Assassin - An Association of Musical Marxists Reader Christoph Fringeli: Undeclared Wars with IsraelJeffrey Herf on East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967-1989 and their role in the Middle East Christoph Fringeli: Far-Left Press Coverage of the 2016 Anti-Semitism Row in the Labour Party and other Leftist Groups COMIX Simon Lejeune: A Breakcore Saga Sansculotte: Overdosed TEXTS DJ Balli: An Addition to the Guinness World Records Mme Tlank, image: Clinical Wasteman: But What of the Ghost? RECORD REVIEWS by Prole Sector, Zombieflesheater, Low Entropy, Controlled Weirdness, Saxenhammer + DJ Charts + Activities Since the Last Issue VISUALS Darkam, dybbuk,Guinea Pigs, Matthieu Bourel, Nevre,Oppositaer 

Two powerful compositions by Alex Buess and Daniel Buess, rearranged by Cortex. RIND is a work using three large self-built cow skin frame drums, 1 horse skin container drum, metal plates and electronics. NOL is a composition by Alex Buess for a percussion trio from 1995. The two pieces were recorded live in 2010 and 2003 respectively, also featuring the musicians Daniel Stalder, Peter Conradin Zumthor and Matthias Würsch. They were electronically treated by Cortex in the studion in 2015. This release continues the collaboration with Alex Buess that goes back to the pre-Praxis days of the Vision label since 1987 and includes Praxis 31 by 16-17 and Praxis 48 by Cortex, both of which also included Daniel Buess. Cover art by Darkam and layout by Lynx. ALEX BUESS – is a musician, saxophonist, composer, producer who lives in Basel, Switzerland. He has collaborated with Stephan Wittwer, Paul Schütze, Kevin Martin, Peter Brötzmann, William Parker, Raoul Björkenheim, Toshinori Kondo, Bill Laswell, Kevin Shields, Tim Hodgkinson, Michael Wertmüller and many other musicians in the wide field of improvisation, electronics, electroacoustic music and composition. He plays/played in the groups ICE, GOD, Phantom City, The Bug, Sprawl, Cortex and his own group 16-17, as well as Melx and The Electric Noise Twist. The latter were part of a close collaboration with Christoph Fringeli’s Vision label from 1987-1991, before Christoph moved to London and started the Praxis label, a collaboration that continued over the decades with releases by 16-17 and Cortex on Praxis. Alex has written compositions for various contemporary music ensembles and also works as a producer and sound engineer. He has appeared at numerous new music festivals and his compositions are performed in Europe and throughout the world. His studies include electronics, acoustics, musicology, phonetics,semantics and composition and his work reflects his experiences with electronic technology, written contemporary music, film music, new mixing and production techniques and computer music. DANIEL BUESS - studied at the Musikhochschule Basel with Siegfried Schmid and with Isao Nakamura in Karlsruhe. Studies in traditional South Indian percussion music, specially the Mridangam from 1995 till 1998 and in Arabic percussion music in Cairo, Egypt from Nov. 2007 till Jan. 2008. Daniel was involved in various groups and ensembles in the realm of experimental and improvised music, like “Ensemble Phoenix Basel” of which he was a core-member and solo-percussionist since its foundation in 1998, Cortex, 16-17 (both with Alex Buess), HOW2 (with the percussionist Daniel Stalder), “Katarakt”, “B&B” (with the flautist Christoph Bösch), MIR (with Papiro and Michael Zaugg), Buggatronic (with James Hullick). Other collaborations include artists like Hany Bedair, Knut Remond, Zbigniew Karkowski, Kasper T.Toeplitz, John Duncan, Michael Wertmüller, Phill Niblock, Julio Estrada, Stephan Wittwer, Volker Heyn, Thomas Lauck, Tim Hodgkinson, Iancu Dumitrescu and many others. At his regular tours through Europe, Asia and Australia, he performed at the most highly recognised festivals for experimental music as well as at several underground-places, open spaces and independent venues. Sadly Daniel passed away in February 2016, making “Skin Craft” unexpectedly a posthumous release.

Back in stock!! The Almanac for Noise & Politics 2016 is made up of a total of five sections that go into depth on some topics previously examined in datacide. Some of the texts have been previously published, some are new and exclusive or translations. The first section compiles material about and by Nomex, noise artist and film maker, including a discography of his label Adverse. The second section consists of two critiques of the Left from a communist point of view, one targeting the knee-jerk anti-Imperialism still prevalent in many sections of the Left, the other is an excerpt from a critique of anarchism by Luther Blissett. The third section is concerned with our ongoing investigations and denouncements of far Right infiltration in popular culture. We see this as an integral part of antifascist activity. Featured here is the article From Subculture to Hegemony - Transversal Strategies of the New Right in Neofolk and Martial Industrial by Christoph Fringeli from datacide eleven.Part 4 consists of an appraisal of the Vision label which I ran out of Basel, Switzerland in 1986-1992. The main text is an edited English translation of a contribution to the book Heute und danach by Lurker Grand and André P. Tschan, which appeared in 2012. As it is 30 years ago now that the first Vision appeared it makes sense to document this pre-history of Praxis, which was founded in 1992 after I disbanded Vision.To illustrate this further and make a connection to the present we reprint Die Menschenhauttrommel (the human skin drum) by Alex Buess from the Vision zine Flash Team Report (Vision 18) from 1988. The final part of this almanac is a catalogue of our exclusive titles, back issues of datacide and available books.

The fifteenth edition of the magazine for noise & politics, released in may 2016 News:Endless War; Infiltration and Agent Provocateurs; Surveillance, Control and Repression (Nemeton)Neo-Nazis, the National Socialist Underground and the State (CF)Why Do Refugees Want To Go To England? (Jeff 23) Features:Clive Acid: Towards a New African FascismMulticulturalism, Immunisation and Rhythm:Interview with Alexej Ulbricht conducted by Jonathan Nassim Mikala Rasmussen, with introduction and additional questions by David CecilHoward Slater: Last Survivors or First MutantsNotes on Surplus PopulationThe Fool: A Deadly MediterraneanTechnical Trials of Modern WarfareHoward Slater: Sincere Genesis – On Félix Guattari and GroupsInterview with Osha NeumannThe Reverend: Marketisation of Mass Education in EnglandA Brief HistoryMatthew Hyland: A Cry Against Help & 13 Protheses on Carelessness of the Self Book reviews:Neil Transpontine: ‘These Days are not to be Missed’ 1990s Rave and Club Culture in Fiction Peter Sedgwick: Psycho Politics – Laing, Foucault, Goffman, Szasz and the Future of Mass Psychiatry (CF) Marcel Bois, Kommunisten gegen Hitler und Stalin. Die linke Opposition der KPD in der Weimarer Republik – Eine Gesamtdarstellung (CF) Fiction:Dan Hekate: Pigeon Music:Guoda Diryte: Fluxus and DIY Concerts Record Reviews by Nemeton, Zombieflesheater, CF, Prole Sector and Controlled Weirdness Datacide Activities Since the Last IssueDJ Charts + illustration by Guinea Pigs Comix:Simon Lejeune/Olivier Noel: ObeknaSansculotte: Overdosed Please consider a subscription - only 20 euro for 3 issues (Europe) or 2 issues (rest of the world).  

BACK IN STOCK!  EVERYTHING ELSE IS EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS is a complete collection of the first ten issues of datacide - the magazine for noise & politics which originally appeared from 1997 to 2008. A major project in the works for quite some time, this is a collection of the complete issues 1-10 of datacide, which originally appeared from 1997-2008. Titled “EVERYTHING ELSE IS EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS”, the 364 page A4-size volume collects unique material, most of which has been out of print for many years, charting a one-of-a-kind history of the counter-cultures associated with electronic music and free festivals. The book itself has been out of print for a few years now, and is finally back in stock! ISBN 978-3-948332-01-3 “The free space of the party met the free space of the page and then you got a dynamism that encouraged expression and perversions and tangents because the covers held it together as a nomadic movement and you were convinced that music had catalysed it all and that music was somehow inherently political as it sidestepped rhetoric and dogma, and absented us from control addicts and the free space of the page was a kind of historic party, a kind of invisible college, a launching pad for driftage.” Flint Michigan EVERYTHING ELSE IS EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS - a decade of noise & politics: datacide magazine issues 1-10 also contains introductions specifically written for the book release by Flint Michigan, Christoph Fringeli, Nemeton, and Dan Hekate as well as an extensive index. Resellers please enquire about further discounts.

Almanac for Noise & Politics 2015 If you’re already familiar with datacide magazine and our related record label for extreme electronic music - Praxis - then you’re familiar with the efforts we’ve made over the last two decades to continually explore the intersections of radical politics and underground rave culture, experimental and extreme electronic music, moments of free spaces and momentary freak-outs and how these can be represented on the page and through the speakers. If not, this may be a good place to start.  Either way, the Almanac for noise & politics 2015 contains a selection of articles and excerpts from various issues of datacide, as well as a peek into the activities of the Praxis label and its offshoots. This first edition is meant to be a brief introduction to the wide range of topics covered in datacide. Articles include: Post-Media Operators by Howard Slater/Eddie Miller/Flint Michigan, No Stars here (track -1) by TechNET, A Loop Da Loop Era – Towards an (Anti-)history of Rave by Neil Transpontine, Radical Intersections by Christoph Fringeli, Vinyl Meltdown by Alexis Wolton, Plague in this Town by Matthew Hyland, Just Say Non – Nazism, Narcissism and Boyd Rice by whomakesthenazis.com, Interview with Christoph Fringeli/Praxis Records from Objection to Procedure, a new short story by Dan Hekate, as well as a commented catalogue. This is interspersed by new visual work by Matthieu Bourel (cover), Lynx, Sansculotte, Tóng Zhi, and Zombieflesheater! Full colour cover and 104 inside pages in A6 format!

TEMPORARY LOW PRICE! A new full length CD album by Noirodyn, aka Vile Enginez. Fernando Narvàez Perez has so far mainly made his mark under his Vile Enginez monicker with a debut on Zhark International from 2004 and several releases on the Praxis sublabel Sub/Version, both on vinyl and digital. The project mutated into Noirodyn with a first digital-only release for Praxis in 2013 titled Infradesigns. Immediately it was evident that Fernando was applying his production skills to a more varied sound but regularly returning to slamming beats and far-out noise constructions making Noirodyn the logical continuation and development of Vile Enginez. Construct Deconstruct contains 16 new tracks ranging from slower grooves to hectic intensifications arranged into a continuous mix, showing his creative energies at a peak. Coverart by Sansculotte. <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=460321922/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://praxisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/construct-deconstruct-praxis-54">Construct Deconstruct (Praxis 54) by Noirodyn</a></iframe>

Half size version of Datacide 14 with spine. Identical content with the normal edition, but the layout has been slightly tweaked and some mistakes have been corrected. The normal A4 magazine version is also still available HERE

Rare copy of the limited DJ Promo pressing! From the label vaults! These "DJ PROMO" Editions were pressed in limited runs (usually 250 copies, which was the case with this particular one as well, if I remember right) a few months before the regular editions. This particular copy is almost certainly unplayed, but it has some strange surface marks on the second half of track B2 and the whole track B3. Not from playing or needle, but it looks like a line of scratches, which are thankfully shallow and barely audible (if then in the silent bit between tracks). For this reason this copy is cheaper than normal!

Features: When Will We Leave the 20th Century?; Dancing with Death: The Excremental, the Sacred & Ecstatic Community in Free Party Culture; Archeology of the Radical Internet: Reflections on the early European Counter Network in the Age of ‘Networked Social Movements’; ‘They Hate Us, We Hate Them’: Resisting Police Corruption and Violence in Hackney in the 1980s and 1990s; Journeys in the Naked City. Adventures in New York Before the Rain; Wild Ride> Subcultural Rumblings in the Pacific Northwest _ form of: mutant vehicle; German Data Angst. Fiction and Poetry: Cut-Up-Marx; Incorrect Classification Possible; The Bodyshop; Star Spores: The Computerised City; Star Spores: The Magnetic Timetable. Print Reviews: Remixology: Tracing the Dub Diaspora; Sound System Culture: Celebrating Hudersfield’s Sound Systems; G.P.O. v G.P-O: A Chronicle of Mail Art of Trial; The Rabbit Hole and other writings by Cyrus Bozorgmehr; Splitting in Two: Mad Pride and Punk Rock Oblivion; Die Revolution war für mich ein grosses Abenteuer. Paul Mattick im Gespräch mit Michael Buckmiller; More Years for the Locust: The Origins of the SWP; Das Israelpseudos der Pseudolinken; Emperor Palpatine. Music: Invincible Tedium; Shuffle from Plunderphonics: ‘Chris Cutler’ Remixed; Vinyl Meltdown, Side B; Datacide Activities Since the Last Issue. News: Endless War; Surveillance, Control and Repression; Social Media and Internet Surveillance; Music Industry and Copyright; Uganda – Anti-Homosexuality Bill Update. Plus: Record Reviews, Charts, Comics and Illustrations, as well as the lives and times of Bloor Schleppy.

A very varied 4-tracker by Amboss - with energetic tracks ranging from hard-as-nails hardcore drum'n'bass to razor sharp breakcore to a massive industrial dubstep and a hard techno track to round it off!  Excellent follow-up to his releases on Mindbender and Sub/Version, not to be missed! VINYL SOLD OUT <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3411861937/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://praxisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vision-praxis-53-2">Vision (Praxis 53) by Amboss</a></iframe>

Heavy bass and grinding rhythms on this first installment of Prole Sector, a collection of 4 dark tracks from the mind of... no, we won't tell you. Some of these tracks have circulated on dubs for several years and garnered a certain cult status being spun by a select number of DJ's. Others have been written recently for the vinyl release. Now they are unleashed on the world on shining red vinyl, accompanied by a poster and download code. 300 copies have been pressed and are ready to ship. We're very happy to have these out and hope you will love them too. SMALL RESTOCK. This record was previously sold out, but we got about 10 copies returned from a distributor. They have a little bit of shelf wear, but vinyl is mint. Comes with original poster, but no download code. Let us know if you want one when buying. If you prefer, you may also just get the files (FLAC or MP3) via our bandcamp site by using the buy button of the player below. <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3317432450/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://praxisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/prole-sector-n1-praxis-52">Prole Sector N1 (Praxis 52) by Prole Sector</a></iframe>

Datacide Nine appeared in spring 2006. This first reprint of an earlier issue features the complete text of the original edition, but has been newly laid out and arranged. The original editorial (opposite page) is followed by the main features, while the scene reports were moved to the back of the issue. We’re happy to have this long deleted issue back in print; it features some of the most read articles on the datacide web site that are still relevant and of interest today. The original editorial reflects the particular historical situation in which the issue originally appeared: The repression against Teknivals as well as the particular (wider) political situations, while technological developments and economic problems are covered in passing. Out of the ensuing crisis of the already completely marginalized counter culture developed the desire to start something new, and we announced that Datacide Ten would be the last issue. This has of course not been the case. Instead, we felt re-invigorated enough after the 2008 issue of Datacide Ten and the accompanying conference to keep going, and the last few years have seen a consolidation of our release schedule and an expansion in size and content.October 12, 2013 saw the release of the new issue, number Thirteen, and yet again it is the biggest issue so far. There was an event with talks, concerts and party in Berlin on that day. We were present at the Anarchist Bookfair in London on October 19. The next day we did a small launch event in London. Datacide was presented for the first time in the U.S. with a soliparty on November 15 and a conference on November 17. Datacide tabled at the Los Angeles Eastside Zine Market on December 8, and the Art Book Fair from January 30-February 3, 2014. Rather than trying to increase the frequency of Datacide, we would like to complement it with additional books and pamphlets.Please consider taking out a subscription to help us achieve these aims! PRICE INCLUDES WORLDWIDE SHIPPING! IN STOCK NOW! table of contentsfeatures page 4.......Howard Slater: Lotta Continua - Roots Music and the Politics of Production page 8.......Matthew Hyland: Say Fear is a Man’s Best Friend - You Add it up, it Brings You Down page 10.....Christoph Fringeli: Anti-Imperialism - Bankruptcy of the Left? page 12....(Anonymous): You Must Help Yourself - Neo-Liberal Geographies and Worker Insurgency in Osaka page 16.....Christoph Fringeli: The Brain of Ulrike Meinhofbook reviews page 18.....Stewart Home: The Eclipse and Re-Emergence of the Bildungsroman page 19.....Christoph Fringeli: Michael Steffen: Geschichten vom Trüffelschwein page 20.....Christoph Fringeli: Breggin/Cohen: Your Drug May Be Your Problemmusic page 22.....Interview with John Balance of Coil from 1986 page 27.....Christoph Fringeli: Anti-Semitism from Beyond the Grave - Muslimgauze’s Jihad fiction page 28.....Secessionist Outernational to Ourganisation - 1st May in December page 30.....Matthew Fuller: Interview with a Photocopier page 31.....The Wirebug: The End page 32.....Record Reviews page 38.....Scene Reports from Berlin, Israel, Los Angeles, Italy, Brazil page 39.....Terry Ordo and accomplices: Tek it Up - Report from Czech Tek 2005 page 42.....The Lives and Times of Bloor Schleppy (9) page 43.....DJ Charts

Release date: 12 October 2013. 76 pages. Datacide: Introduction Nemeton: Infiltration and Agent Provocateurs; Vision Tech; Endless War; Surveillance, Control and Repression CF: NSU Update Two in London: UK Anti-Fascist Round Up Comrade Omega: Crisis in the SWP, or: Weiningerism in the UK David Cecil: Confessions of an Accidental Activist Neil Transpontine: Spiral Tribe Interview with Mark Harrison Neil Transpontine: ‘Revolt of the Ravers’-The Movement Against the Criminal Justice Act in Britain, 1993-95 Split Horizon: What is This Future? Fabian Tompsett: Wikipedia-A Vernacular Encyclopedia Howard Slater: Shared Vertigo Dan Hekate: Crystal Distortion Howard Slater: Cut-Up Marx Howard Slater: EARTH ‘A RUN RED Marcel Stoetzler: Identity, Commodity and Authority: Two New Books about Horkheimer and Adorno Nemeton: Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency (book review) Christoph Fringeli: One Night in Stammheim. Helge Lehmann: Die Todesnacht von Stammheim – Eine Untersuchung (book review) Christoph Fringeli: Anton Shekovtsov, Paul Jackson (eds.): White Power Music – Scenes of the Extreme Right Cultural Resistence (book review) CF: Press reviews John Eden: Emencified Shrill Out: Nomex at the Controls Alexis Wolton: Vinyl Meltdown, Prt. 1 Record reviews by Zombieflesheater, Nemeton and Kovert DJ Charts Matthieu Bourel: Rioter Sansculotte: Overdosed Plus: The Lives and Times of Bloor Schleppy

The mighty Noize Creator is back with a massive 4-track 12“ on Praxis, titled 'The Future is Cancelled'. Dystopian sounds, oppressive, dark and brutal, clash with distorted beats and breaks, creating harsh contrasts as well as scapes of disturbing harmony. Moments of calm erupt into rapid fire beats. With more than nod to the early days of classic breakcore, redefining this sound for the present. LAST COPIES!  <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2883794214/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="https://praxisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-future-is-cancelled-praxis-51">The Future is Cancelled (Praxis 51) by Noize Creator</a></iframe>

BACK IN STOCK!!  Fantastic mega-mix of over 50 tracks from the first 20 years of the label's history, mixed by Diskore, Fiend, and Baseck of Darkmatter Soundsystem! <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2297546853/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://praxisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/20-years-of-praxis-praxis-20">20 Years of Praxis (Praxis 20) by Praxis</a></iframe> Check out the detailed track list here: praxis-records.net/praxis-20-tracklist/ you can choose between a black or a white cassette case (note that only a small handfull of black cases are left now. if you don't specify, you'll receive a white one)

release date: 20 October 2012. 68 pages Darkam: The Art of Visual Noise Nemeton: Political News Christoph Fringeli: Neo-Nazi Terror and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Germany Cherry Angioma: Communisation Theory and the Question of Fascism Christoph Fringeli: From Adorno to Mao – The Decomposition of the ’68 Protest Movement into Maoism (extended book review) Split Horizon: Control and Freedom in Geographic Information Systems Riccardo Balli: “Bolognoise ain’t a Sauce for Spagheti but Bologna’s Soundscape” Polaris International: Documents and Interventions TechNET insert: - Noise and Politics – Technet Mix - No More WordS - Listener as Operator - The Intensifier - No Stars Here - Techno: Psycho-Social Tumult - Dead By Dawn – Explorations inside the Night - Psycho-Social Tumult (Remix) Dan Hekate: Kiss me, cut me, hurt me, love me Howard Slater: Useless Ease John Eden: The Dog’s Bollocks – Vagina Dentata Organ and the Valls Brothers (interview) Neil Transpontine: Spannered – Bert Random Interview LFO Demon: When Hell is full the Dead will Dance on you iPhone (Review of Simon Reynold’s “Retromania” Christoph Fringeli: “Fight for Freedom” – The Legend of the “other” Germany (extended book review) Nemeton: “West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California” (book review) Datacide: Press reviews terra audio: 2023: A Spor remembers ‘Reclaim the Streets’ John Eden: Christopher Partridge: Dub in Babylon (book review) terra audio: Jeff Mills: Violet Extremist terra audio: Keeping the Door of the Cosmos open – on Sun Ra’s Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen Record Reviews The Lives and Times of Bloor Schleppy (12) Comic by Sansculotte

In the course of the last few months a substantial section of the work released by Peter Votava under different names in the 1990's, before his releases on Mego, Staalplaat and d0c, has been made available again on CD, most notably the retro compilation of classic ironic rave act Ilsa Gold (with Christopher Just, on Mego) and the deep electro-techno soundscapes of Current 909 (on d0c/Atmosfear). A completely different aspect is presented by this double CD compilation of his hardcore material, released as Pure (or DJ Pure, Information:Overload, Violent Shit, PL and Slab), now available from Praxis as a double CD (Praxis 26CD). Collecting the material previously issued by Praxis itself, Loop, Drop Bass Network, as well as compilation tracks from Tigerbeat6, Biomechanic and a support compilation for the EKH, Vienna's only squat named after Ernst Kirchweger, a communist murdered by the Nazis, all from between 1994-2001. Almost like a history of hardcore of the'90s from dark acid to harsh noise. Not only was most of the material released on limited edition vinyl, and now unavailable, all the hits, collaborations and rarities are here, including previously unreleased tracks: CD1 starting off with the deceptively titled CD-ROM section (not for easy listening) - it's the audio track of a data CD - but soon delving into the hammering beats of Information:Overload, shifting into the satanic abyss of “Anoint me with the Black Sperm of Beleth" by Slab, before exercising “Analogue Terror" from the Drop Bass Network EP of the same title, already showing the variety of approaches even within the industrial hardcore realm. This is further illustrated by the various collaborations with other activists and hardcore experimenters of the time. Not only is the near-legendary “Violent Shit" EP featured, there are three more, previously unreleased tracks from this collaboration with Ec8or (at the time a Patric C. solo project), as well as the devastating “Killer Bees on Acid" produced with the late Liza N'Eliaz. CD2 opens with another cult item: “Speeed" by Pure vs. GTI, originally released as a one-sided limited 12" on Loop, before continuing the journey in carefully chosen order through material defying the borders of “industrial" and “hardcore". The bulk of the material was recorded and released between 1994 and 1999 - it appears that Pure decided after his massive “King Kong/Katharsis" on Praxis that he had said what he needed to say in this musical format. This double CD (on which “King Kong" is featured in its full 15 minute glory) is testimony to the insistence, depth and violence as well as the heterogenity of his artistic vision.

Haunting strings and monster basslines underline the driving breaks and metallic rhythms found on the new Sub/Version. Hecate presents an track of deep subtleties and masterful programming on “Technical Witch”, with Etaceh on the flip side going full out into territory bordering on breakcore, but never forgetting mixability for the progressive dancefloor! A - Hecate: Technical Witch (7:46) B - Etaceh: Tech Bitch (6:46)

Mint copy from the label archives. This is a copy of the 2004 repress.